The last words are in Joseph Conrad's hard-won English: "the subtle but invincible conviction of solidarity that knits together the loneliness of innumerable hearts".
We think it works particularly well with subtle, creamy cheeses, a conviction that inspired our riff on a classic New York cheesecake.
You may think all this, and yet you will still cry, such is the conviction that underlies this subtle meditation on what could possibly happen to a creature like Ben.
As with the American debate of 20 years ago, the realities in India today are often subtler, and less sure, than partisan conviction on one side or the other might suggest.
Arash Amini played "Ask Havasi" for solo cello, by the Azeri composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, with total conviction, his phrasing and nuances subtle but carved with determination, capturing a quality of elated meditative improvisation.
We didn't see the grays: the subtle shifts in understanding that can muddy convictions and the gradual awakening to the real trade-offs and complexities involved.
But a more subtle cultural change may be in the air, a conviction that the competition to turn summer into an extension of the school year, an endless race to get into Harvard, has gotten out of hand.
The conviction Ms. McCormack brings to the role and the subtle, telegraphic way she conveys Leann's conflicting emotions help lift the film above well-meaning cliché.
Whether Mr. Taubman's conviction will taint the institutions he has supported philanthropically is a more subtle question.
